Category: NFC News

ViVOtech Launches ViVOpay 8100e — New Countertop Payment Device with PCI 2.1 PIN, EMV Chip, Mag-Stripe, Contactless & NFC Payments, and Mobile Loyalty

Payment & Loyalty Functionality with Mobile Handset Support for Retailers in EMV Countries Cards Asia Show ViVOtech Booth # 4H24, April 21, 2010 – ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments, loyalty and marketing applications and contactless readers, today announced the ViVOpay 8100e, a next-generation PCI 2.1-certified consumer-facing payment device enabled with…

INSIDE Contactless Offers Free, Downloadable, Open NFC API and Source Code on SourceForge

Open NFC: The De Facto Open Source Project NFC Stack for Android, MeeGo, Linux and Windows Mobile AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, April 21, 2010 – As a result of the success of its Open NFC™ commercial-grade NFC protocol stack, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it is making the Open…

CASSIS International Organizes for an Expanding Global Role

Launches CASSIS Americas, Appoints New Chief of CASSIS Europe, Adds Two Prominent Board Members Singapore, April 13, 2010–CASSIS International, a leader in trusted services for smart payments, mobile commerce and near field communication (NFC), today announced a new global organization that establishes a strong presence in the Americas, expands operations in Europe, and appoints David…

ViVOtech Launches ViVOpay 8100 – A Cost Effective PCI 2.1-Certified PIN pad, Mobile Loyalty, Mag-Stripe & NFC Payment Device for Small and Medium Sized Merchants

ViVOpay 8100 Enables ISOs and Acquirers to Offer Merchants a Highly Secure Payment Solution as well as New Revenue Generation with Highly Effective Mobile Loyalty and Coupon Applications using Existing Phones Electronic Transactions Association Show (ETA) ViVOtech Booth #424, April 13th, 2010–Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments, loyalty and…

Gemalto Adds NFC-Based Mobile Coupons to its Trusted Service Manager Offer

Gemalto partners with HighCo to create a consumer friendly experience to collect and redeem coupons Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 16, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces a partnership with HighCo, a leading provider of marketing solutions for mass market retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, to provide user-friendly mobile…

World’s First: Gemalto Integrates DESFire Transport Card into NFC Mobile Phone

Travelcard in mobile phone affords riders enriched service Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced a new solution enabling commuters to use their mobile phones as e- tickets in MIFARE DESFire* infrastructures. Gemalto achieved the world’s first implementation of a transport application compliant with…

INSIDE Achieves First Commercial Deployment of its NFC Technologies

MicroRead NFC Chip, Open NFC Stack and Wave-Me Client Power New Cosyphone Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 15, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the first deployment of its portfolio of NFC technologies in a commercially available NFC handset. All three of INSIDE’s core NFC offerings–the MicroRead™…

MicroRead Powers Multi-Application Weneo NFC Convergence Device

Aix-En-Provence, France, February 12, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, and Neowave, a developer of smart objects–intelligent, portable devices that go beyond smart cards–today announced their partnership to create the Weneo NFC, the industry’s first NFC smart object. Integrating INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution, the multi-application Weneo NFC smart object…

CASSIS International, INSIDE Contactless, Sagem Orga and Sagem Wireless Participate in Banka Koper NFC Field Trial

Aix-En-Provence and Paris, France, and Paderborn, Germany, February 11, 2010–An international consortium of payment and wireless industry leaders today announced their participation in a field trial being conducted by Banka Koper to bring SIM-based NFC mobile payments to Slovenia. CASSIS International, INSIDE Contactless, Sagem Orga and Sagem Wireless, in cooperation with Mobitel, the leading mobile…

CONNECTHINGS To Make First Public Demo of Wave-Me NFC Services Platform at Mobile World Congress

First Result of a Partnership with INSIDE Contactless to Transform How People Interact With and Use Their Mobile Devices Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2010–CONNECTHINGS, a pioneer in providing systems that deliver contextualized services and content based on location and time, today announced the first public demonstration of the Wave-Me™ NFC services platform will take place…